激

激 U+6FC0, 激 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6FC0 ← 澿 [U+6FBF] CJK Unified Ideographs 濁 → [U+6FC1]

Translingual

Han character

激 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 水竹尸大 (EHSK), four-corner 3814₀, composition ⿰氵敫)

Derived characters

• 𥨿

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 654, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 18438
• Dae Jaweon: page 1064, character 14
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1760, character 4
• Unihan data for U+6FC0

Chinese

simp. and trad.		激
2nd round simp.		㲹

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
礉	*kʰreːw, *kʰreːwɢs
邀	*qlew, *kleːw
憿	*kleːw
徼	*kleːw, *kleːwɢs
儌	*kleːwʔ, *kleːwʔ
璬	*kleːwʔ
皦	*kleːwʔ
繳	*kleːwʔ, *kljewɢ, *ɡreːɡ
敫	*kleːwɢs, *ɢlewɢ, *kleːwɢ
譥	*kleːwɢs
激	*kleːwɢs, *kleːwɢ
噭	*kleːwɢs
獥	*kleːwɢs, *kleːwɢ, *ɡleːwɢ
鸄	*kleːwɢs, *kleːwɢ, *ɡleːwɢ
墽	*kʰleːw
竅	*kʰleːwɢs
覈	*ɡleːd, *ɡreːɡ
燩	*kʰreːwɢ, *kʰleːwɢ
檄	*ɡleːwɢ
薂	*ɡleːwɢ

Characters in the same phonetic series (敫) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kleːwɢs, *kleːwɢ) : semantic 氵 (“water”) + phonetic 敫 (OC *kleːwɢs, *ɢlewɢ, *kleːwɢ) – (of water) to swash.

Pronunciation 1

Variety	Location	edit 激
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕi⁴⁴/ 叫雨～著了 /t͡ɕi⁵³/ 感～
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕi²¹/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕi²¹³/
	Qingdao	/t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡ɕi²⁴/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕi²¹/
	Xining	/t͡ɕji⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕi¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕi¹³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕi²¹³/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕi²¹³/
	Chengdu	/t͡ɕie³¹/ /t͡ɕi³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕi²¹/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕi³¹/
	Nanjing	/t͡ɕiʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕiəʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕiəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕiʌʔ¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕiəʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡ɕiɪʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡ɕiəʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/liəʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕai²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕiʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/t͡ɕi⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕi²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕi²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕiʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/kit̚¹/
	Taoyuan	/kit̚²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kek̚⁵/
	Nanning	/kek̚⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/kik̚⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kik̚³²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kɛiʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ki⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kek̚²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/kek̚⁵/

Rime
Character	激
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古歷切
Baxter	kek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/kek̚/
Wang Li	/kiek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kiek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ji
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gik1

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	激
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jī
Middle Chinese	‹ kek ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ˁewk/
English	dam up (water)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	激
Reading #	2/2
No.	6406
Phonetic component	敫
Rime group	藥
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	激
Old Chinese	/*kleːwɢ/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jī (ji¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jie² / ji²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gik¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): get²

• Gan (Wiktionary): jit⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kie̍p / kit

  (Meixian, Guangdong): gid⁵

• Jin (Wiktionary): jieh⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): gī
• Eastern Min (BUC): gék
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): kih⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): kek / kiak

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gêg⁴

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁷ciq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ji⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jī
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ji
    • Wade–Giles: chi¹
    • Yale: jī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ji
    • Palladius: цзи (czi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: jie² / ji²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gie / gi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛ²¹/, /t͡ɕi²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: gik¹
    • Yale: gīk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: gig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɪk̚⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: get²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ket̚⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: jit⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕit̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kie̍p / kit
    • Hakka Romanization System: gieb / gid^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: gieb⁶ / gid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯ep̚⁵/, /kit̚²/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: gid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kit̚¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jieh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕiəʔ²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ki⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: gék
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɛiʔ²⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kih⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiʔ¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: kih⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kek
    • Tâi-lô: kik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: keg
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kiɪk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiak
    • Tâi-lô: kiak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kiag
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kiak̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kek̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁷ciq
    • MiniDict: cih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jiq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕiɪʔ⁵⁵/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi²⁴/

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• Dialectal data

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• Middle Chinese: kek

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ˤewk/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kleːwɢ/

Definitions

激

1. (of water currents) to swash; to surge; to dash
2. to excite; to arouse; to incite; to irritate

   你不要以為我真不敢殺你，你不要激我。 [MSC, trad.]
   你不要以为我真不敢杀你，你不要激我。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ bùyào yǐwéi wǒ zhēn bùgǎn shā nǐ, nǐ bùyào jī wǒ. [Pinyin]

   Don't assume I'd hesitate to kill you — don't test me.

3. to fall ill from getting wet
4. violently; fiercely; quickly; sharply
5. rapid; acute; fierce; strong
6. drastic; radical; extreme
7. resounding; reverberating; aroused
8. to restrain; to check
9. (dialectal, colloquial) to chill (something by dipping it in cold or ice water)
10. (Cantonese) brilliant; great; cool
11. (Cantonese) extremely
12. (Cantonese) to infuriate; to piss off

    你做乜激嚫佢？ [Cantonese, trad.]
    你做乜激𰈍佢？ [Cantonese, simp.]

    nei⁵ zou⁶ mat¹ gik¹ can¹ keoi⁵? [Jyutping]

    Why did you piss him off?

    激死人呀！ [Cantonese]  ―  gik¹ sei² jan⁴ aa³! [Jyutping]  ―  So infuriating!

13. (Hokkien, Teochew) to brew; to ferment; to distill; to make (alcoholic beverage, etc.)
14. (Hokkien) to pretend; to feign; to put on; to simulate
15. (Mainland China Hokkien) to suffocate; to asphyxiate
16. (Teochew) to drown; to submerge in water; to flood
17. (Teochew) to compete
18. a surname: Ji

Synonyms

• (fierce):

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• 劇烈／剧烈 (jùliè)
• 厲害／厉害 (lìhài)
• 嚴／严 (yán)
• 尖銳／尖锐 (jiānruì)
• 強烈／强烈 (qiángliè)
• 急劇／急剧 (jíjù)
• 急驟／急骤 (jízhòu)
• 激烈 (jīliè)
• 火熱／火热 (huǒrè)
• 熾烈／炽烈 (chìliè) (figurative)
• 狂 (kuáng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 猛烈 (měngliè)

 

• (to pretend):

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• 佯裝／佯装 (yángzhuāng)
• 假仙 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 假仙假觸／假仙假触 (Taiwanese Hokkien)
• 做假 (Hakka, Teochew)
• 假假子 (jia³ jia³ zr) (Xiang)
• 假嬰／假婴 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 假映 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 假樣／假样 (Hokkien)
• 假空 (Hokkien)
• 假裝／假装 (jiǎzhuāng)
• 偽裝／伪装 (wěizhuāng)
• 張／张 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 扮嘢 (baan⁶ je⁵) (Cantonese)
• 激樣／激样 (Hokkien)
• 裝作／装作 (zhuāngzuò)
• 裝假／装假 (zhuāngjiǎ)

 

Compounds

• 令人激賞／令人激赏
• 偏激 (piānjī)
• 偏激之詞／偏激之词
• 刺激 (cìjī)
• 刺激性
• 刺激素
• 刺激類化／刺激类化
• 制約刺激／制约刺激
• 勇退激流
• 奮激／奋激 (fènjī)
• 性激素 (xìngjīsù)
• 感激 (gǎnjī)
• 感激不盡／感激不尽 (gǎnjībùjìn)
• 感激流涕
• 感激涕泗
• 感激涕零 (gǎnjītìlíng)
• 慷慨激昂 (kāngkǎijī'áng)
• 慷慨激烈
• 憤激／愤激
• 推激
• 揚清激濁／扬清激浊
• 條件刺激／条件刺激
• 植物激素
• 沖激／冲激
• 沽激
• 激光 (jīguāng)
• 激光唱機／激光唱机
• 激光唱片
• 激光器 (jīguāngqì)
• 激光打印機／激光打印机 (jīguāng dǎyìnjī)
• 激光照排
• 激光視盤／激光视盘 (jīguāng shìpán)
• 激光計算機／激光计算机
• 激切 (jīqiè)
• 激刺 (jīcì)
• 激劇／激剧
• 激勃素
• 激動／激动 (jīdòng)
• 激勵／激励 (jīlì)
• 激化 (jīhuà)
• 激厲／激厉 (jīlì)
• 激問／激问
• 激增 (jīzēng)
• 激奮／激奋 (jīfèn)
• 激嬲 (gik1 nau1)
• 激子 (jīzǐ)
• 激將／激将 (jījiàng)
• 激將法／激将法 (jījiàngfǎ)
• 激忿填膺
• 激怒 (jīnù)
• 激情 (jīqíng)
• 激惱／激恼
• 激憤／激愤 (jīfèn)
• 激戰／激战 (jīzhàn)
• 激揚／激扬 (jīyáng)
• 激昂 (jī'áng)
• 激昂慷慨
• 激楚
• 激活 (jīhuó)
• 激流 (jīliú)
• 激浪
• 激湧／激涌
• 激湍
• 激激
• 激濁揚清／激浊扬清
• 激烈 (jīliè)
• 激煩／激烦
• 激發／激发 (jīfā)
• 激發態／激发态
• 激盪／激荡 (jīdàng)
• 激磁
• 激筒
• 激素 (jīsù)
• 激素替代療法／激素替代疗法 (jīsù tìdài liáofǎ)
• 激聒
• 激話／激话
• 激論／激论 (jīlùn)
• 激變／激变 (jībiàn)
• 激貪厲俗／激贪厉俗
• 激賞／激赏 (jīshǎng)
• 激越
• 激辯／激辩
• 激進／激进 (jījìn)
• 激酶 (jīméi)
• 激靈／激灵 (jīling)
• 生長激素／生长激素 (shēngzhǎng jīsù)
• 由衷感激
• 相激 (xiāngjī)
• 矯激奇詭／矫激奇诡
• 窺御激夫／窥御激夫
• 群情激憤／群情激愤 (qúnqíng jīfèn)
• 腦力激盪／脑力激荡
• 衝波激浪／冲波激浪
• 衝激／冲激
• 褊激
• 詭激／诡激
• 過激／过激 (guòjī)
• 雄性激素 (xióngxìng jīsù)
• 風激電飛／风激电飞
• 風激電駭／风激电骇
• 黃體激素／黄体激素

 

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character	激
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	蕭 (93)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古弔切
Baxter	kewH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/keuH/
Pan Wuyun	/keuH/
Shao Rongfen	/keuH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kɛwH/
Li Rong	/keuH/
Wang Li	/kieuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kieuH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jiào
Expected Cantonese Reflex	giu3

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	激
Reading #	1/2
No.	6394
Phonetic component	敫
Rime group	豹
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	叫
Old Chinese	/*kleːwɢs/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jiào (jiao⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄠˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiào
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jiào
    • Wade–Giles: chiao⁴
    • Yale: jyàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiaw
    • Palladius: цзяо (czjao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/

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• Middle Chinese: kewH

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*kleːwɢs/

Definitions

激

1. ^† (of water) turbulent
2. ^† half-covered
3. ^† long
4. ^† bright
5. ^† Alternative form of 噭 (jiào)

Pronunciation 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 激 – see 徼 (“To request”). (This character is a variant form of 徼).

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 激

激

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. violent, furious, intense

Readings

• Go-on: きゃく (kyaku)
• Kan-on: けき (keki)
• Kan’yō-on: げき (geki, Jōyō)
• Kun: はげしい (hageshii, 激しい, Jōyō)、はげます (hagemasu, 激ます)、たぎる (tagiru, 激る)

Compounds

Compounds

• 激(げき)減(げん) (gekigen)
• 激(げき)昂(こう) (gekikō)
• 激(げき)震(しん) (gekishin)
• 激(げき)甚(じん) (gekijin)
• 激(げき)戦(せん) (gekisen)
• 激(げき)痛(つう) (gekitsū)
• 激(げき)怒(ど) (gekido)
• 激(げき)闘(とう) (gekitō)
• 激(げき)動(どう) (gekidō)
• 激(げき)突(とつ) (gekitotsu)
• 激(げき)雷(らい) (gekirai)
• 激(げき)励(れい) (gekirei)
• 激(げき)論(ろん) (gekiron)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
激
げき Grade: 6
on'yomi

Prefix

激(げき) • (geki-) 

1. (informal) very; intensely; extremely

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 激(げき)愛(あい) (gekiai)
• 激(げき)甘(あま) (gekiama)
• 激(げき)アツ (gekiatsu)
• 激(げき)ウマ (gekiuma)
• 激(げき)おこぷんぷん丸(まる) (gekioko punpun maru)
• 激(げき)辛(から) (gekikara)
• 激(げき)混(こ)み (gekikomi)
• 激(げき)写(しゃ) (gekisha)
• 激(げき)高(たか) (gekitaka)
• 激(げき)ムズ (gekimuzu)
• 激(げき)安(やす) (gekiyasu)
• 激(げき)ヤバ (gekiyaba)
• 激(げき)レア (gekirea)

Korean

Hanja

激 (eumhun 물결 격 (mulgyeol gyeok))

1. hanja form^? of 격 (“wave, tide”)

Vietnamese

Han character

激: Hán Nôm readings: váng, khích, kích

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